TALLINN - Estonian MP and former mayor of Tallinn Robert Lepikson died on July 1 from a suspected stroke.
During his career, Lepikson served as interior minister and mayor of Tallinn, and was most recently a sitting member of the People's Union party in the parliament.
Lepikson, who was in the northern town of Rakvere for a motor rally, complained on Friday about feeling bad and went to his hotel. He was found dead in his hotel room.
Lepikson was born in Tallinn on June 14, 1952. He graduated in 1980 as an electronics engineer from the then Tallinn Polytechnical Institute.
His early career includes jobs at the Tallinn audio cassette factory and the metal export company EMEX. Later on he served as chancellor of the Defense Ministry and mayor of Tallinn. Lepikson held the interior portfolio in the Mart Siimann-led government in 1997-98 and was governor of the southern Voru County.
He was elected to parliament in 2003 from the electoral district comprising the Valga, Voru and Polva counties. Lepikson has been member of the now discontinued Coalition Party, Center Party and lastly the People's Union.
